Orix Buffaloes 1 – Saitama Seibu Lions 8 (September 13, 2012)
by Gen on Sep.13, 2012 @ 4:03 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Orix Buffaloes vs Saitama Seibu Lions @ Seibu Dome - 18:00
Announced Starters: Yuji Maeda (ORI) 1-0, 0.00 - Kazuhisa Makita (SEI) 10-7, 2.47
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Orix | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 | 12 | 1 |
Attendance: 13673 | Seibu leads series, 13-6-3 | Time: 2:56
Orix
Hitting (LOB: 3, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (RF) | Kawabata, Takayoshi | 0-for-4 | 1: G5, 3: f3, 5: F4, 8: G5 |
| (CF) | Kojima, Shuhei | 0-for-4 | 1: SO, 3: G3, 6: SO, 9: G3 |
| (LF) | Scales, Bobby | 0-for-4 | 1: L6, 4: F7, 6: G3, 9: G3 |
| (DH) | Lee, Dae-Ho | 0-for-4 | 2: F9, 4: SO, 6: G5, 9: SO |
| (1B) | Okada, Takahiro | 1-for-3, 1 R | 2: 2B, 4: F6, 7: F8 |
| (3B) | Baldiris, Aarom | 0-for-3 | 2: G1, 5: F9, 7: G6 |
| (2B) | Goto, Mitsutaka | 1-for-3, 1 RBI | 2: 1B, 5: G3, 7: SO |
| (C) | Hidaka, Takeshi | 1-for-2 | 2: G3, 5: 1B |
| C | Yokoyama, Tetsuya | 0-for-1 | 8: F6 |
| (SS) | Adachi, Ryoichi | 1-for-3 | 3: G5, 5: 1B, 8: G6 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Maeda, Yuji, L | 52/3 | 115 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1.636 |
| Higa, Motoki | 1/3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.800 |
| Nishikawa, Masato | 1 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.000 |
| Yamada, Nobuyoshi | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.226 |
| 8 | 152 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
Seibu
Hitting (LOB: 6, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (2B-1B) | Asamura, Hideto | 3-for-5, 1 R, 3 RBI | 1: 1B, 3: SO, 5: F9, 6: 2B, 8: 1B |
| (CF) | Akiyama, Shogo | 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: S1, 3: F8, 6: 1B (BrO), 6: 1B, 8: F7 |
| CF | Ishikawa, Mitsugu | 0-for-0 | |
| (SS) | Nakajima, Hiroyuki | 1-for-4, 1 R | 1: F3, 4: F9, 6: 1B, 7: G6 |
| (DH) | Nakamura, Takeya | 0-for-3, 1 R | 1: F9, 4: SO, 6: BB, 7: F7 |
| (1B) | Ortiz, Jose | 1-for-4 | 2: F9, 4: SO, 6: SO, 7: 2B |
| PR-2B | Onizaki, Yuji | 0-for-0, 1 R | |
| (3B) | German, Esteban | 1-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI | 2: G6, 5: G5, 6: BB, 7: 2B |
| 3B | Hara, Takuya | 0-for-0 | |
| (RF) | Kumashiro, Masato | 2-for-3, 1 RBI | 2: 1B (CS), 5: 1B, 6: S9, 7: F7 |
| (LF) | Takayama, Hisashi | 2-for-2, 1 R | 3: 1B, 5: 1B, 6: BB |
| LF | Hoshi, Hidekazu | 0-for-1 | 8: F8 |
| (C) | Sumitani, Ginjiro | 0-for-3, 1 R | 3: S1, 5: SO, 6: E6, 8: G4 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Makita, Kazuhisa, W | 8 | 110 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.397 |
| Togame, Ken | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.793 |
| 9 | 121 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Notes
Orix: The Buffaloes lost their second game in a row. ... Maeda took the loss and is 1-1 in two starts. ... Adachi's throwing error in the bottom of the 6th led to four unearned runs. ... Both benches cleared when Nishikawa's first pitch to Nakajima in the bottom of the 7th came dangerously close to hitting him in the head. Source: Sanspo 9/14/2012
Seibu: The Lions won their second straight. ... Makita won his second start in a row and improved to 11-7 in twenty-three starts. He is 5-0 in his last seven starts at Seibu Dome. ... Asamura recorded his fourth modasho of the year. ... German walked in a run in the bottom of the 6th and tied the game at one.